UiWERSITY OF WATERLOO . ’ VOL. 2 NO. 18 WATERLOO, ONTARIO THURSDAY, MARCH. I, 1963

n m m CAMPUS C UNCLE JOHN StjYS

OTTAWA (CUP) - Feb. 19. One of the reasons the Government has a deficit is because it has increased fed- eral aid to education since taking office Prime Minister John Diefenbaker told the annual meeting of the Con- servative Student Federation here Saturday night.

Pointing to such items as $22,000,000 in loans for uni- versity residences, Mr. Dief- enbaker said his government had “done all it could” to help education. Because of payments in this and other fields such as pensions, hos- pital insurance and northern expansion the government has found itself with a deficit.

However, he told the dele- gates, “the outlook+*for 196% 63 is bright” and “Canada is entering the threshold of a new development.” Using the PC “vision” as a funda- mental beginning, he asked the students to jom with him “in a great crusade” and help tell the nation of the PC “new concept” in nation- al development.

Mr. Diefenbaker said there was a need to develop and expand the quality of educa- tion, but it must be recogniz- ed that there are constitu- tional problems involved.

“But there is one problem that will have to be solved and that is the assurance that in the battle of the brains, Canada does not fall into second place,” he said.

Earlier in the day Minister of Immigration and Citizen- ship, Ellen Fairclough, told a plenary session of the

Chiding both students and press

difficulty in finding summer

- who hoped he would faTesome clue to the election

jobs for foreign students. She

- he said one student asked him not to set it in

estimated that 20,000 stu-

April bekause of exams and not in May because a month

dents were looking for jobs

was needed to recover. Later he assured them they “would have every opportunity to

last year, with only 5,500

serve.”

jobs available. “About 6,000 of these students were stu- dents from foreign countries” she said. She declared that the government would be able to be a little more generous this year but warn- ed that “the door could not be left wide open” because many Canadians who did not have jobs might com- plain.

Science Visited l + + “What does it all prove?”

. I asked after the recent American success in achiev- ing orbital flight, “what does it prove?” In the sense that anything can be “proved” (although the Scientific Method comes closest to exhibiting “proof”, academic arguments may ensue on this point), the Man in Space has shown the scien- tific and technical skill of which man is capable.

“Fine,” you say, “so what? What does this skill mean to the non-scientists- of soci- ety?” The answer is evident in all serious issues of the modern day. Science has become a ‘prime citizen in society’s community, a mem- ber encroaching on what is

- vaguely referred to as “cul- ture.” Disease is now treated with chemicals, not with incantations to drive away demons. Science, by develop- ment of mass communica- tions, has spread knowledge and widened the scope of the knowledge of the ordinary citizen. Even the sturdy stuff of which orthodox. religions have been made has ex- perienced adjustments as a result of scientific analyses of life. Science, no doubt, has been the prime factor in the adoption of the new “religion” of Humanism. The individual is free to accept or reject the scientific views, but the overall effect on society of scientific advance- ments is close ~ to inescapable.

Science and society cannot be mentioned without bring- ing up the topic of the destruction - potential seem- ingly inherent in scientific knowledge. I am not capable of going Jnto this topic to any deep, intellectual extent, but perhaps I could speak in general terms. Without wish- ing to “pass the buck” or burden a scapegoat, I would say that science is not wholly to (and I use the word .with reserve) “blame” for the shadow ‘of the mushroom cloud darkening society’s front yard. Scientists, con- sidered as members of a world wide society, have, in fact, much to offer in the ways of conduct and associa- tion to the rest of the administrators of society - Probably no other group has the prolific and free inter- change of international ideas, all of which are considered rationally on their merits with no discounting due to prejudice or pre-conceived notions, than the scientific society.

Scientists are, of course, human and subject to human mistakes just as Prime Mini- sters or street cleaners. But the solution of a. problem requires, not the application of blame, but a calm, orderly discussion and most impor- tant, an understanding, of the issues involved. Back to the ordinary citizen, now: he should not make meaningless

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NO! TO NUCLEAR ARMS-- *

It is obvious from the Associated Editor’s editorial that he has not distinguished the difference between nuc- lear defence and nuclear deterrance. In his stand for nuclear arms for Canada, he is proposing to fight the Second World War. He does not understand that once atomic weapons a,re used in a local war, the side which is losing will launch greater nuclear attacks and the local war will mushroom into a war Id war.

They do have a large fleet of bombers of different

To refute his claims of the

vintages numbering well

need’ for nuclear warheads

over 6,000 which would be capable today of being

for the Bomarc, I quote

used against targets on the North American continent

from an article by Major W. H. Pope, Retired, which. appeared in the December issue of a Canadian mag- azine, Exchange. “Twenty years ago air defence made sense. To shoot down ten per cent of attacking bomb- ers was considered very good. This rate of attrition led to a gradually lessening scale of attack. But it is the next war of which we must think. Speaking of the Russians on Aug. 5, 1960, the then Mini- ster of National Defense, Major General George Pear- kes, V.C., said:

(Hansard, p. 7649) That was said fourteen

months ago. Since then the Russians have shown us that their bomber development is not lagging. But suppose that the Russians attack North America with only one thousand planes and suppose also that NORAD shoots down a fantastically high 5OoJ,. This will still leave 500 aircr aft. to drop up to a thousand H-bombs on North American targets. Ir each H-bomb has the power of 20 megatons . . . and frankly I cannot see the sense in the Russians using small H- bombs in an all out attack

then the equivalent of up to 20 billion tons of TNT will have landed on target in the U. S. A. An official American agency has cal- culated that this megaton- nage landing on the U. SI A. would be sufficient, through radioactivity alone, to wipe out all human life in the U. S. A.

And what of Canada? Even if no bombs were aimed at Canada, just what. do you think would happen to the thousand H-bombs on board the 500 aircraft I have assumed might not reach their targets? I think they would all, or practically all, explode on Canadian soil. Add this to the massive fall- out that would drift across

E,NTRE . . . - For the past few years,

each student. has been pa*ying $10.00 annually into what is called the Campus Centre fund. To date, approximately $25,000 has been accumu- lated. The purpose of this fund is the construction of a Campus Centre, or what was originally referred to as a Student Union Building. The purpose of this building as implied by the name, will be to create a centre of interest on campus for the entire student body.

To date very little has been done on this project other than the appointment of a Campus Centre Com- mittee. This Committee has been investigating student buildings on other campus’ and will act as a “steering committee” in recommend- ing a building both useful and suitable to the students and the University.

We believe that the cam- pus development programme has arrived at the stage where construction of a Cam- pus Centre is essential. In- vestigations have revealed that on other campus’ these buildings serve as places to develop character in the stu- dent, to cultivate social and cultural standards and to

the 45th and 49 parallels; throw in the additional effects of ICBMs and nuc- lear missile firing submarines and then I think you must agree with me that Dr. G. Kaplan oi Dalhousie Uni- versity was perfectly right when he said on Sept. 25, 1961:

It is obvious that the only defence against the mega- (ton nuclear weapons pre- sently stockpiled by the major’ powers is the pre- vention of nuclear war. The Bomarc, with or with-

out nuclear warheads, as well as all the other active air defence para#phernalia. of the North American Air Defence Command, is useless and that for the simple and sufficient reason that there is no air defence against the H-bomb.

The spread of nuclear weapons is going to make nuclear disarmament more difficult to achieve. The Am- erican Strategic Air Com- mand, Polaris missiles a.nd ICBMs are sufficient deter- rent to keep the Russians from attacking. Since we can get no benefits (other than a larger defence budget and thus higher taxation) from the acquisition of nuclear weapons, I feel that Canada should turn down President Kennedy’s fine offer of nuc- lear weapons.

Also if the Associate Edi- tor will stop spewing out grand statements like “The Chicken North, Scared from Sea to Sea,” and do some reading and, if possible, thinking, he might produce more intelligent articles.. ,

Paul Co ii?

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give unity to the student body. In addition, they are priceless tools for shaping an authentic “community of teachers and students,” and lastly serve to enhance and expand the general area of education by improving the, quality of leisure through cultivation of taste and in- telligence. Any changes in character which students un- dergo as undergraduates are affected as much if not more by the influence of leisure 8 time as by formal 1 class- room instruction. In other words, the addition of a Campus Centre to this in- stitution will mean the ad- dition .of a very definite part of the educational program- me associated with the Uni- versity.

In the next few weeks, this column will present some examples of Campus Centres present on other campus’, along with the recommenda- tions of the Committee. We hope that you, the students will give this your attention and thereby enable a decision to be made as to the type of building which .best con- forms to the entire student body.

Frank Anrep, Campus Centre Committee

Ryerson’s Ram TORONTO (CUP) - Ryer- son’s ram is gong shy.

Eggy, the mascot ram of the Ryerson Institute of

’ Technology (actually Eggy . II), bolted at a recent hockey game when a gong gonged out over the arena.

The “authentic Chinese gong,” presented to the school by the Electronics - class of ‘62 was discovered in a Toronto music store.

When it clanged out its , message last week, Eggy took off. Only the muscles of allegedly fearless Rye types halted’ his dash for peace and quiet. 1

Going, going, GONG!!!

Poet’s Corner

CHEMISTRY 3 3 The chemist hung his weary

head. “Enough, enough,” cried he. “Now after this, I’ll read

instead Organic Chemistry.” ,a

But to the patient man’s dismay

Before he had gone far, He found chromone, ‘tis sad

to say Containing no Cr. ’

The chemist sighed, and’said goodbye,

“At least one thing I ken” That, when I find I want to

die There’s death in KCN.

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qrgt 2 fhe CORYPHAEUS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1>%2

The CORYPHAEUS Published by the undergraduate student body of the University of Waterloo, under the authorization of the acting Board of Publications. Publications Office, Annex 2, The University of Waterloo, Phone SH 5-0571 and SH 3-2681 The opinions expressed herein represent the freedom of expression of a responsible, autonomous so?iety.

E&o&z-Chief: George Welsh Associate Editor: Ted Rushton

Production and Circulation : Todd Sewell News Editor: Sue Nichols

Engineering Editor : Larry Barkley Arts Editor: Ron Hornby Sports: Lewis Taylor

Science Editor: Joe Mazur Photographers: Mike McBrine, John Bishop

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Campus Centre l m H W As can be seen from the lead story, the question of a

campus centre is becoming more relevant every day. It is our understanding that the administration will pay for the cost of the building and the students will pay for all the furnishings. Such aid by the administration is very generous - if it is forthcoming. What we need is some kind of definite agreement on paper. Campus centre committee or no, without some kind of definite agreement in writing from the administration, this project can be postponed indefinitely. We need a campus centre before we need residences, con- vocation halls and expensive little evergreen trees.

We have some thirty thousand dollars now and a guaranteed income of almost twelve thousand a year. Is this not enough to float a loan from somewhere and thereby prod the administration into action. Details such as this will probably be handed to some nebulous committee with the instructions, “Investigate”. Committees have the unhappy faculty of accomplishing very little so we suggest a definite meeting between students council and the ad- ministration, in hope that something definite will emerge.

This is a pressing matter because a campus centre is a drawing card for the university and with one, we can attract more students. After so many months, the committee in charge of “Campus Centre” is still at the window shopping stage and this is hardly an accomplishment. Someone‘ must be charged with deriliction of duty and that someone appears to be Students Council, because responsibility for such matters ultimately rests with them.

FABLE l l l

Queens Journal Once upon a time there

was a big pond. This pond stretches from land to land, and at first the only dwellers in the whole pond were the frogs. But then some beavers came to live in the pond, and the fr,ogs and the bea.vers had a big fight because the frogs wanted the who!e pond. As everybody knows, beavers are bigger than frogs, so in the end the beavers won the fight. After the fight, things were very peaceful. Beavers and frogs ate different things, and spoke different tongues, so they lived side by side in happiness. The frogs ignored the beavers and the beavers ignored the frogs.

Despite the frigidity of some female beavers, their species proved very prolific and there were soon beavers throughout the pond. In order to handle baby-bonus cheques more efficiently, the beavers changed their form of government. All the ani- mals would gather in groups and shout their leader’s name - The group which shouted the loudest was the largest, so their leader would govern the whole pond, even the other groups.

The beavers usually liked this system, because most of the beavers would be happy about their choice of leader. But the frogs, were unhappy.

They had to learn the beaver language in order to shout for their choice of leader, and their leader never won be- cause there were so few frogs. The frogs were also unhappy because many bea- vers continued to ignore all the best efforts that the forgs made in parts of the world outside the pond.

Then the frogs found a new idea. They would all gather in one place, choose their own leader, and dis- tribute their own baby-bonus cheques. No longer would they be a minority! The frogs were very happy. Big words like “secession”, “psycholog- ical domination” and “inte- gration” began to resound throughout the pond. Some frogs took freedom rides (a thing to do in those days) to various beaver communities.

The beavers soon realized that they would miss their froggy friends, and began to take an interest in them. After a while, peace was restored, and the beavers and frogs lived side by side once again - but without ignorance of each other.

They lived happily for two or three years until that day when a strange beaver press- a red button by mistake. That was the day when huge mushrooms grew all over the world.

Sandy Fergusson

Meats - Groceries Toilet Articles

Records and Hi-Fi Waterloo Square

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor: The purpose of this incon-

gruous and sketchy note is to suggest the following type of occasional (say once each term or as occasion and necessity - may arise) issue of Coryphaeus - a bloop issue. Through such an issue, I think, we may be able to accomplish much that would be difficult to do in a sober and legal persuasion, etc. For example, I strongly be- lieve that our prime need is to have a campus centre built as soon as possible. However plans are to have it started after Arts and Chemistry Buildings are completed. Granted that the Arts building is important but that blasted addition to the Chemistry building can wait! And we can reverse the plans (in fact some of the staff members think so too). We could have the Campus Centre started as soon as the Arts Building is completed.

To achieve our purpose we could print an issue -, a hoax issue full of reliable information that the stu- dents’ centre plans have already been drawn up. We could devote a great deal of space to the description of various luxuries, etc.

This type of issue does not have to concentrate solely upon the above subject, how- ever some of the contents should be ractual - every- thing should be from thin air, of course each article serving some definite pur- pose, for example:

1. Creation of Debating Society.

2. Chess Club’s invitation of Bobby Fisher (you know who).

3. Panty raid at women’s residence at W.L.U.

4, Basement pub at the students’ Centre.

Having such articles our issue would be of advantage to our paper so that in some tiny article we could say it’s a hoax paper. This must be done - you know why.

Well so much for these ideas for now.

G.B.S. P.S. If you think this could

be done please leave a note for the Rebel in the mail box.

Ed. Note: Thank you for your confidence, Rebel. We were under the im- pression that the past 16 issues WERE bloop issues.

SCIENCE VISITED Cont’d. statements such,as, “Science has created aI Frankenstein monster which has turned to destructive erl ds,” and leave it at that (Science-fantasy in literature has ha.d a re- grettable affect on the “pub- lie image” of science). He should attempt to “under- stand” the methods of sci- ence as much as possible.

Since the present gulf be- tween the scientific society and the rest of society is coincident with increased social problems, perhaps a closing of the gulf would help to solve the problems. This “closing” is in our hands, as members of the “educational industry,” and the degree of sense and fair- ness with which we, of all fields, tackle the problems will determine the degree of success. ’

J.C.M. u 1

‘TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT” \I By G. WHIZ

When I saw ‘the picture of Pearson pumping Argue’s lnd, I looked back into history for a suita.ble caption. eorge III. “Glad to see you Benedict old pal”. Sitting jndering Glenn and his space shot and missiles in general, remembered a ditty which I think I may have used before, ‘7 at the risk of iepitition . . .

“I shot a missile into the air, It fell to earth I know not where. Let us hope it missed the pate Of he who can retaliate.”

As you are well aware, tonight is opening night of Three For an Evening” the school’s dramatic effort for .is year. In next week’s edition there will be a review or post ortem of the plays and it will be someone’s task to write it. Iready, potenJa1 reviewers are being criticized by the !tors on the grounds that they lack the background to rite such a review. “Amateur reviewer reviews amateur !tors, director, scenery and so forth.” The whole thing ems quite fair to me. A professional reviewer, realistic and It diplomatic would leave such a trail of scattered and .attered egos that they could never be pieced back together Cain. Good luck people, may your evening be a success, td pay no attention to any review because it comes too te to do anyone any good.

* >c: * * I saw a movie in the Physics ampitheatre last week

lied “Simple Waves” and afterwards thought how very uch someone had insulted my intelligence. The movie was tched at a grade eleven level. After a few minutes of film .e audience realized that here was sheer comedy and they !gan to enjoy it immensely. The narrator looked like a oss between Burl Ives and Peter Lorre and his manner of cital and explanation was strictly George Gobel. He did ,y one very profound thing which I will recall to my dying by, “Steel is much stiffer Lhan rubber.” Occasionally he ould say “There! did you see that?” I bet you’d like to e that again. At this point the entire audience declined b . without thanks.

* * * * Some reflections on: Diefenbaker - $37,000.00 a year

1 sit and dream up metaphors for his press releases. e.g., 1 can see definite cracks appearing in the ice of the cold ar.” Teachers: there are lecturers I know who should have h.D.‘s and there are a few people who have Ph.D.‘s who ust have made it on the G. I. Bill or its Canadian equival- It. Eating: On week-ends one can subsist on water, bread id baloney - but only just.

ARTS SLEIGH RIDE PARTY II

Hate: Renison College Cost: 75c. single.

$1.25 couple. Refreshments will follow at Renison afterwards. Tickets available from :

Marybeth Boon - Jackie Schacht Ed Peng George Pollitt

All Arts Students Welcomed (if weather not suitable, party will still be held at Renison) .

Vic the Caretaker will have

Accommodation (single and double room)

at 134 Dearborn Spring-Summer Quarter

Only studen& who want to study need apply.”

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POET’S CORNER Cont’d. “No phosphorus in phosgene

gad’ The puzzled chemist said, There’s no Cu in copperas, Plumbago has no lead.

“Things are not always what they seem,

‘Twas so in days of old. There’s no Au, in spite of

gleam In ore that’s called ‘fool’s

gold’.”

“In selenite Se’s not found And more the pity be. In German Silver, I’ll be

bound, One cannot find Ag.”

“That magnetite has no Mg, Would not be hard to guess; But Platinite without Pt Seems odd, I must confess.”

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